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"Joining forces with TransCore was a natural fit for Electromega. Both of our organizations have similar approaches to system integration and truly understand city operational challenges."

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore,
working with its Canadian TransSuite® certified partner Electromega,
was selected by the City of Montreal to deploy TransCore’s
TransSuite
Advanced Traffic Management System at the Centre de Gestion de la
Mobilité Urbaine (CGMU) supporting the arterial network of the city,
encompassing more than 2,000 traffic signal controllers.

TransCore, with Electromega, has integrated TransSuite with the first
200 controllers along the major arteries of Pie-IX, Sherbrooke, and
St-Michel. The deployments at the remaining intersections will be phased
in at 200 intersections per year. By December 2016, close to 700
intersections will be online, with the remaining intersections completed
by 2020.

Bill Skillas, TransCore vice president, added, “TransCore’s experience
addressing the challenges of large urban systems such as Montreal has
been demonstrated in more than 30 metropolitan areas and spans 35 years
deploying traffic management systems in other major North American
cities.”

Pascal Lamoureux, Electromega président and CEO, added, “Joining forces
with TransCore was a natural fit for Electromega. Both of our
organizations have similar approaches to system integration and truly
understand city operational challenges.”

The CGMU serves as the arterial network management center for the City,
acting as much as a receiver of information as a provider. From this
central location, CGMU will manage all data coming from the arterial
network and use that data to communicate back to the field. At the heart
of this operation is the TransSuite Advanced Traffic Management System.
The control center will allow staff from the division of arterial
operations to coordinate more efficiently with systems that are already
in place and improve the arterial network safety performance.

Centralized control of traffic lights in the City of Montreal will allow
operators of the CGMU to respond in real time to incidents affecting the
arterial network, remotely programming traffic lights for both planned
events and unforeseen incidents to minimize the impact on traffic
conditions for motorists. The centralization of traffic management
operations can also facilitate the movement of traffic in major work
zones and minimize delays.

In past years, the socioeconomic costs related to congestion have
constantly increased. The implementation of an advanced traffic
management center allows the city to assure centralized management and
better coordination of traffic signals, which combined with other
technological capabilities, provides:

A reduction in frequent stops, reducing vehicle idle time and vehicle
carbon emissions,

An improvement in the regularity and reliability of public transit
services,

For more than 35 years, Electromega is a leader in the dynamic and
static transportation field across Canada in areas of traffic control
systems (vehicle, transit and railroad), centralized traffic management
system, data collection, detection systems (intrusive, non-intrusive and
on-board), on street and off street parking systems, roadway security,
dynamic or static LED message signs and also general LED lighting and
luminaires. Electromega provides its expertise, products and services to
municipal, provincial and federal agencies, consultants, contractors and
industries across Canada. For more information please visit www.electromega.com.